Anonymous Coward User ID: 35158078 United Kingdom 12/29/2013 01:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bubonic plague outbreak kills 32 in Madagascar Bubonic plague outbreak kills 32 in Madagascar Eighty-four suspected cases of disease reported in five districts in past month Noted its dated 20th December but still nothing on MSM about this... Bubonic plague, which wiped out a third of Europe's population in the middle ages, has reared its ugly head in the African island state of Madagascar where 32 people have died in a fresh outbreak, according to health authorities. Some 84 suspected cases of bubonic plague – 60 of them thought to be pneumonic or pulmonary plague, a more virulent strain of the disease – have been reported in five of the island's 112 districts in the past month. [ link to www.theguardian.com] Sorry if posted before I couldn't find anything on search |